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06-27-2016, 04:00 AM
Brussels: Britain "may never" trigger the formal divorce process with the EU despite last week´s referendum in which the country voted to leave, EU diplomats said Sunday.
"My personal belief is they will never **tify" the EU about their intention to leave, a senior EU diplomat said on condition of a**nymity.
A state leaving the EU must formally **tify the European Council of all 28 EU leaders under Article 50 of the 2007 Lisbon Treaty, setting the clock ticking on a two-year period for Britain to negotiate its divorce.
"We want London to trigger Article 50 **w, to have clarity. I expect, as we can´t force them, for them to take their time," the diplomat added.
"And I would **t exclude, it´s my personal belief, that they may never do it." The official did **t specify if he believed Britain would avoid it by holding a new referendum, or simply dragging out the process to extract a better divorce deal, but said all such decisions were up to London.
Cameron has said he will resign by October and that it is for his successor to launch the process and lead the negotiations.
Despite growing pressure from EU leaders, Cameron was **t expected to trigger Article 50 at an EU summit on Tuesday, a**ther senior EU official said.
Britain´s EU partners believed the **tification should come by Christmas at the latest.
"There can**t be any kind of negotiation with Britain before there is a **tification."
Meanwhile the EU had received "thousands" of emails from Britons since Friday saying they were unhappy with the result, including some from people who had voted to leave the EU and were **w regretting it.
"It´s the first time after a decade of hate mail from Britain, we are flooded with love emails," said the diplomat.
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"My personal belief is they will never **tify" the EU about their intention to leave, a senior EU diplomat said on condition of a**nymity.
A state leaving the EU must formally **tify the European Council of all 28 EU leaders under Article 50 of the 2007 Lisbon Treaty, setting the clock ticking on a two-year period for Britain to negotiate its divorce.
"We want London to trigger Article 50 **w, to have clarity. I expect, as we can´t force them, for them to take their time," the diplomat added.
"And I would **t exclude, it´s my personal belief, that they may never do it." The official did **t specify if he believed Britain would avoid it by holding a new referendum, or simply dragging out the process to extract a better divorce deal, but said all such decisions were up to London.
Cameron has said he will resign by October and that it is for his successor to launch the process and lead the negotiations.
Despite growing pressure from EU leaders, Cameron was **t expected to trigger Article 50 at an EU summit on Tuesday, a**ther senior EU official said.
Britain´s EU partners believed the **tification should come by Christmas at the latest.
"There can**t be any kind of negotiation with Britain before there is a **tification."
Meanwhile the EU had received "thousands" of emails from Britons since Friday saying they were unhappy with the result, including some from people who had voted to leave the EU and were **w regretting it.
"It´s the first time after a decade of hate mail from Britain, we are flooded with love emails," said the diplomat.
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